Intra-articular Doxycycline: A Novel Treatment of Adhesive Capsulitis

Summary

We will recruit a total of 40 patients from the Vanderbilt Sports Medicine Clinics who have been diagnosed with adhesive capsulitis and have not undergone any previous treatment. The 40 patients will be randomized, with 20 in the control group of 3 intra-articular injections of 40mg Methylprednisolone spaced every two weeks, and 20 in the experimental group of 3 intra-articular injection of 50mg doxycycline spaced every two weeks. Both groups will begin a standardized physical therapy program within a pain-free range of motion 4 weeks after the initiation of treatment. We will prospectively follow patients for one year, with follow-up at 6 weeks, 12 weeks, 6 months, and 12 months after the initiation of treatment. Outcomes will be measured using the American Shoulder and Elbow Score (ASES) and objective measurements of shoulder range of motion, which will be collected by the treating physician. Both the patients and physicians participating in the study will be blinded.

Timeline

Start

2018-03-05

Primary completion

2022-02-08

Completion

2022-02-08

Publications

• Results Hsu JE, Anakwenze OA, Warrender WJ, Abboud JA. Current review of adhesive capsulitis. J Shoulder Elbow Surg. 2011 Apr;20(3):502-14. doi: 10.1016/j.jse.2010.08.023. Epub 2010 Dec 16. No abstract available.
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• Results Brandt KD, Mazzuca SA, Katz BP, Lane KA, Buckwalter KA, Yocum DE, Wolfe F, Schnitzer TJ, Moreland LW, Manzi S, Bradley JD, Sharma L, Oddis CV, Hugenberg ST, Heck LW. Effects of doxycycline on progression of osteoarthritis: results of a randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind trial. Arthritis Rheum. 2005 Jul;52(7):2015-25. doi: 10.1002/art.21122.
• Results Aydin O, Korkusuz F, Korkusuz P, Tezcaner A, Bilgic E, Yaprakci V, Keskin D. In vitro and in vivo evaluation of doxycycline-chondroitin sulfate/PCLmicrospheres for intraarticular treatment of osteoarthritis. J Biomed Mater Res B Appl Biomater. 2015 Aug;103(6):1238-48. doi: 10.1002/jbm.b.33303. Epub 2014 Oct 28.
• Results Haerdi-Landerer MC, Suter MM, Steiner A. Intra-articular administration of doxycycline in calves. Am J Vet Res. 2007 Dec;68(12):1324-31. doi: 10.2460/ajvr.68.12.1324.
• Results Cylwik J, Kita K, Barwijuk-Machala M, Reszec J, Klimiuk P, Sierakowski S, Sulkowski S. The influence of doxycycline on articular cartilage in experimental osteoarthrosis induced by iodoacetate. Folia Morphol (Warsz). 2004 May;63(2):237-9.
• Results Bernal-Lagunas R, Aguilera-Soriano JL, Berges-Garcia A, Luna-Pizarro D, Perez-Hernandez E. Haemophilic arthropathy: the usefulness of intra-articular oxytetracycline (synoviorthesis) in the treatment of chronic synovitis in children. Haemophilia. 2011 Mar;17(2):296-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2516.2010.02402.x. Epub 2010 Nov 11.

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